Mehran Bahramian 12th “Woman, Life, Freedom” Protester Executed

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); September 6, 2025: Mehran Bahramian, a “Woman, Life, Freedom” protester, was executed in a group hanging in Isfahan Central Prison. He is the second protester execution recorded in 2025 and the 12th since 2022. 

Iran Human Rights condemns the protester’s execution, carried out after show trials and based on torture-tainted confessions, in the strongest terms.

IHRNGO Director Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam stated: “Mehran Bahramian's death sentence was based on confessions extracted under torture and issued without a fair trial, making his execution an extrajudicial killing. The incompetent and crisis-ridden Islamic Republic authorities committed this crime to prevent protests in the run-up to the anniversary of the 'Woman, Life, Freedom' uprising. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other Islamic Republic officials must be held accountable for this crime. The international community must respond more forcefully to the daily executions carried out in Iran.”

According to the Judiciary’s Mizan News Agency, Mehran Bahramian was hanged at an undisclosed location on 6 September 2025. Per informed IHRNGO sources, he was executed in a group hanging in Isfahan (Dastgerd) Central Prison along with a murder and two drug defendants.

Mehran Bahramian was arrested with Fazel Bahramian for participating in the 40th day commemoration ceremony for slain protesters Morad Bahramian and Ali Abbasi in Semirom on 29 December 2022. The two protesters had been killed by security forces at a protest that took place in Semirom on 16 November. Fazel was Morad’s brother and Mehran, a relative.

Videos published by state media show his torture-tainted confessions and the reconstruction of the alleged crime scene without presenting any evidence, including CCTV footage. Mehran and co-defendant Fazel Mehranian were accused of killing an IRGC member, and injuring others.

Along with Fazel, Mehran was sentenced to death on the charge of “moharebeh (enmity against god) through the use of a Klashanikov and assault rifle” by the Isfahan Revolutionary Court on 27 January 2024. The two protester’s families were also coerced into silence about the case.

According to the official report, the Supreme Court overturned the sentence and referred the case back for retrial, “citing investigative deficiencies.” Ultimately, Mehran was resentenced to death at retrial, which was upheld by the Supreme Court. The Court also rejected an appeal thereafter. 

The fate and legal status of Mehran’s co-defendant, Fazel Bahramian, is not clear at the time of writing.

Mehran is the 12th “Woman, Life, Freedom” protester executed. Mohsen Shekari, Majidreza Rahnavard, Mohammad Mehdi Karami, Mohammad Hosseini, Saleh Mirhashemi, Saeed Yaghoubi, Majid Kazemi, Milad Zohrevand, Mohammad Ghobadlu and Reza Rasayi and Mojahed Kourkour are the other protesters previously executed in relation to the 2022 nationwide protests.